The Chessboard Spies

Stephen Fletcher Espionage Thrillers #3

by Geoffrey Davison

A man is murdered in a street in Istanbul and as a result of his death, Stephen Fletcher, alias Sefan Fettos, a British agent, and David Maxwell, a C.I.A. agent, become involved in a spy game on the chessboard of the Middle East. In their bid to foil a Russian threat they move first to Cairo, then to Athens, and finally into the remote province of Eastern Turkey. En route, Fletcher comes across Mustafa Kaddir who is purchasing illegal arms, he also becomes suspicious of a party of American officials. This is a chilling tale filled with the atmosphere of these turbulent countries.

218 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2013

About the author

Geoffrey Davison was born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne and lived all his life in the North East of England. He was first published at the age of 40 with ‘The Spy who swapped shoes,’ an espionage thriller set in the Cold War, and continued in this genre before moving to backgrounds including World War Two and the Foreign Legion. A prodigious traveller throughout Eastern and Western Europe and beyond Geoffrey was able to combine his love of travel with his passion for research and storytelling.

Reviews

[Philip Doggart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stephen Fletcher series does not disappoint

Reading what was a contemporary novel many years ago provides an interesting commentary of the times. The battles, warm and cold, in this book have not really gone away and provide from context for the politics of the Near East - even today.

While I still feel Fletcher is an unknown personality, we see something of his human fragility in this book.

Definitely worth reading the series in order.

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great tale. Highly recommend this tale, plenty of twists and turns, flowed well and believable enjoyable characters. Also has a great plot. Really, really enjoyable reading.

[Ros Thornton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thought this was quite amateurish. Got fed up with the « growling. «  and « grunting « as described . Just not for me. Skipped through much of it which is not my normal read

[Mr C Wigginton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good yarn

A little complex with many characters involved, but carries you along with the plot. Worth reading in a long session.